Why Couldn't I Wait?
From the work Snippets and Incomplete Songs of the 1970s
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Composer: Roger D. Linder
Rattlin' chains batter my brain, but I can't be free
I took the blame, there's nothing but flames and I can't see
The man comes up to me and asks my name
I tell him and he welcomes me to the game
There's fire all around but I still feel cold
Why couldn't I wait to die 'til I got old?
Sin and hate inside this gate I can't get out
Greed and fear, it's always near it's all about
There's fire all around but I still feel cold
Why couldn't I wait to die 'til I got old?
I'd die ten times more if I could get to the place in the sky
The man comes up to me and asks my name
I tell him and he welcomes me to the game
There's fire all around but I still feel cold
Why couldn't I wait to die 'til I got old?
Commentary
Another relatively complete lyric, never set to music. My vision of Hell.
From the work Snippets and Incomplete Songs of the 1970s
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